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author | markmc <markmc> | 2003-09-11 16:08:19 +0000 |
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committer | markmc <markmc> | 2003-09-11 16:08:19 +0000 |
commit | 9edf7e56bbe5d396abbd47d4ed9fc1a14c64531c (patch) | |
tree | 04476b12c5715ad5698281a5bf710160369e7dad /NEWS | |
parent | 937b906f0d8cd1b70521ea1ac8f20b457a22c3bb (diff) | |
download | libtdevnc-9edf7e56bbe5d396abbd47d4ed9fc1a14c64531c.tar.gz libtdevnc-9edf7e56bbe5d396abbd47d4ed9fc1a14c64531c.zip |
2003-09-11 Mark McLoughlin <mark@skynet.ie>
* rdr/Exception.h, rdr/FdInStream.cxx, rdr/FdInStream.h,
rdr/FdOutStream.cxx, rdr/FdOutStream.h, rdr/FixedMemOutStream.h,
rdr/InStream.cxx, rdr/InStream.h, rdr/MemInStream.h,
rdr/MemOutStream.h, rdr/NullOutStream.cxx, rdr/NullOutStream.h,
rdr/OutStream.h, rdr/ZlibInStream.cxx, rdr/ZlibInStream.h,
rdr/ZlibOutStream.cxx, rdr/ZlibOutStream.h, rdr/types.h,
zrle.cxx, zrleDecode.h, zrleEncode.h: remove original
C++ ZRLE implementation. Its been ported to C.
* NEWS: copy the existing ChangeLog to here and make
this a more detailed ChangeLog.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
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1 files changed, 143 insertions, 35 deletions
@@ -1,39 +1,147 @@ -Question: Why the *&!"/(� did you change so many things in the API? -Answer: It was necessary to make this library slightly less - painful to use with other libraries. + Mark sent me patches to no longer need C++ for ZRLE encoding! + added --disable-cxx Option for configure + x11vnc changes from Karl Runge: + - Changed all those whimpy printf(...)'s into manly fprintf(stdxxx,...)'s. - Anyway, most changes are just search-and-replace: + - Added -q switch (quiet) to suppress printing all the debug-looking output. - #include "rfb.h" -> #include <rfb/rfb.h> - CARD8 -> uint8_t - CARD16 -> uint16_t - CARD32 -> uint32_t - Pixel -> rfbPixel - KeySym -> rfbKeySym - Bool -> rfbBool + - Added -bg switch to fork into background after everything is set up. + (checks for LIBVNCSERVER_HAVE_FORK and LIBVNCSERVER_HAVE_SETSID) - also, rfbUsage doesn't exit any longer, but returns FALSE + - Print this string out to stdout: 'PORT=XXXX' (usually XXXX = 5900). + Combining with -bg, easy to write a ssh/rsh wrapper with something like: + port=`ssh $host "x11vnc -bg .."` then run vncviewer based on $port output. + (tunneling the vnc traffic thru ssh a bit more messy, but doable) - If you used some constants defined in rfbconfig.h, you now - have to prefix LIBVNCSERVER_ to the constants. - -Upcoming 0.6 release! - -lots of bugs fixed. - - -Version 5.0: - -The library just got autoconf && automake support as well as a real install -target! - -x11vnc was much improved thanks to Karl Runge! - -CursorPosUpdate encoding supported thanks to Const Kaplinsky! - -ZRLE encoding, if you have a c++ compiler! - -HTTP now optionally handles HTTP proxy functions to connect to the same -server only. - -Of course, a lot of bugs fixed since last release... + - Quite a bit of code to be more careful when doing 8bpp indexed color, e.g. + not assuming NCOLORS is 256, handling 8bit TrueColor and Direct Color, etc + (I did all this probably in April, not quite clear in my mind now, but + I did test it out a fair amount on my old Sparcstation 20 wrt a user's + questions). + introduce rfbErr for Errors (Erik) + make rfbLog overridable (suggested by Erik) + don't reutrn on EINTR in WriteExact()/ReadExact() (suggested by Erik) + use AX_PREFIX_CONFIG_H to prefix constants in config.h to avoid + name clashes (also suggested by Erik) + transformed Bool, KeySym, Pixel to rfbBool, rfbKeySym, rfbPixel + (as suggested by Erik) + purged exit() calls (suggested by Erik) + fixed bug with maxRectsPerUpdate and Tight Encoding (these are incompatible) + checked sync with TightVNC 1.2.8: + viewonly/full passwords; if given a list, only the first is a full one + vncRandomBytes is a little more secure now + new weights for tight encoding + checked sync with RealVNC 3.3.7 + introduced maxRectsPerUpdate + added first alpha version of LibVNCClient + added simple and simple15 example (really simple examples) + finally got around to fix configure in CVS + long standing http bug (.jar was sent twice) fixed by a friend of Karl named Mike + http options in cargs + when closing a client and no longer listening for new ones, don't crash + fixed a bug with ClientConnectionGone + endianness is checked at configure time + fixed a bug that prevented the first client from being closed + fixed that annoying "libvncserver-config --link" bug + make rfbReverseByte public (for rdp2vnc) + fixed compilation on OS X, IRIX, Solaris + install target for headers is now ${prefix}/include/rfb ("#include <rfb/rfb.h>") + renamed "sraRegion.h" to "rfbregion.h" + CARD{8,16,32} are more standard uint{8,16,32}_t now + fixed LinuxVNC colour handling + fixed a bug with pthreads where the connection was not closed + moved vncterm to main package (LinuxVNC included) + portability fixes (IRIX, OSX, Solaris) + more portable way to determine endianness and types of a given size + through autoconf based methods +0.5 + rpm packaging through autoconf + autoconf'ed the whole package (including optional support for zlib, + pthreads and libjpeg as well as zrle/c++) + moved appropriate files to contrib/ and examples/ respectively + fixed long standing cargs bug (Justin "Zippy" Dearing) + Even better x11vnc from Karl J. Runge! (supports different kbd layouts of + client/server) + Better x11vnc from Karl J. Runge! + fixed severe bug (Const Kaplinsky) + got patch from Const Kaplisnky with CursorPosUpdate encoding and some Docs + sync'ed with newest RealVNC (ZRLE encoding) + a HTTP request for tunnelling was added (to fool strict web proxies) + sync'ed with TightVNC 1.2.5 +0.4 + support for NewFB from Const Kaplinsky + memory leaks squashed (localtime pseudo leak is still there :-) + small improvements for OSXvnc (still not working correctly) + synced with TightVNC 1.2.3 + solaris compile cleanups + many x11vnc improvements + added backchannel, an encoding which needs special clients to pass + arbitrary data to the client + changes from Tim Jansen regarding multi threading and client blocking + as well as C++ compliancy + x11vnc can be controlled by starting again with special options if compiling + with LOCAL_CONTROL defined +0.3 + added x11vnc, a x0rfbserver clone + regard deferUpdateTime in processEvents, if usec<0 + initialize deferUpdateTime (memory "leak"!) + changed command line handling (arguments are parsed and then removed) + added very simple example: zippy + added rfbDrawLine, rfbDrawPixel +0.2 + inserted a deferUpdate mechanism (X11 independent). + removed deletion of requestedRegion + added rfbLoadConsoleFont + fixed font colour handling. + added rfbSelectBox + added rfbDrawCharWithClip to allow for clipping and a background colour. + fixed font colours + added rfbFillRect + added IO function to check password. + rfbNewClient now sets the socket in the fd_set (for the select() call) + when compiling the library with HAVE_PTHREADS and an application + which includes "rfb.h" without, the structures got mixed up. + So, the pthreads section is now always at the end, and also + you get a linker error for rfbInitServer when using two different + pthread setups. + fixed two deadlocks: when setting a cursor and when using CopyRect + fixed CopyRect when copying modified regions (they lost the modified + property) + WIN32 target compiles and works for example :-) + fixed CopyRect (was using the wrong order of rectangles...) + should also work with pthreads, because copyrects are + always sent immediately (so that two consecutive copy rects + cannot conflict). + changed rfbUndrawCursor(rfbClientPtr) to (rfbScreenInfoPtr), because + this makes more sense! + flag backgroundLoop in rfbScreenInfo (if having pthreads) + CopyRect & CopyRegion were implemented. + if you use a rfbDoCopyR* function, it copies the data in the + framebuffer. If you prefer to do that yourself, use rfbScheduleCopyR* + instead; this doesn't modify the frameBuffer. + added flag to optionally not send XCursor updates, but only RichCursor, + or if that is not possible, fall back to server side cursor. + This is useful if your cursor has many nice colours. + fixed java viewer on server side: + SendCursorUpdate would send data even before the client pixel format + was set, but the java applet doesn't like the server's format. + fixed two pthread issues: + rfbSendFramebuffer was sent by a ProcessClientMessage function + (unprotected by updateMutex). + cursor coordinates were set without protection by cursorMutex + source is now equivalent to TridiaVNC 1.2.1 + pthreads now work (use iterators!) + cursors are supported (rfbSetCursor automatically undraws cursor) + support for 3 bytes/pixel (slow!) + server side colourmap support + fixed rfbCloseClient not to close the connection (pthreads!) + this is done lazily (and with proper signalling). + cleaned up mac.c (from original OSXvnc); now compiles (untested!) + compiles cleanly on Linux, IRIX, BSD, Apple (Darwin) + fixed prototypes +0.1 + rewrote API to use pseudo-methods instead of required functions. + lots of clean up. + Example can show symbols now. + All encodings + HTTP |